PT-2013-3466 · Trustwave+2 · Modsecurity+2

Published 2013-04-25 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2013-1915

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ModSecurity versions prior to 2.7.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, send HTTP requests to intranet servers, or cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, also known as an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.7.3, update to version 2.7.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling XML external entity declarations until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive files and intranet servers to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

DoS

XXE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-611

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1387

CVE-2013-1915

DSA-2659-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10034-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Modsecurity

Suse

References · 35

• https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/d4d80b38aa85eccb26e3c61b04d16e8ca5de76fe · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-1915 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/102616.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:156 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-2751 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101911.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1915 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/03/7 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1915 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-5031 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1387 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1915 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1915 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html · Vendor Advisory